Monarca Rising

Tag: nature

  • Undivided Wholeness

    Undivided Wholeness

      Undivided Wholeness by Carmen H Gray   She stood upon her pedastal A sculpted hand softly pointing to The sinewy branches of a dormant tree Two separate things in a sea of bones Within a field of green grass A nascent bluebonnet blooming underfoot Reminding me of the undivided wholeness Of space and time…

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  • Rose of Mary

    Rose of Mary by Carmen H Gray Dew of the sea Rose of Mary I saw a brand new fairy On a wilder walk today He fluttered around the fragrant bouquet Amidst the palest blue bloom Heavenly scent, verdantly strewn Transformation before my eyes A sign of promise in disguise And off he went without…

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  • Rain

    Rain by Carmen H Gray This morning’s misty rain Reminded me That in these last two new days of the year So much has been gently cleansed The kind of purification that you might not even notice Like walking down that same hallway In that once familiar building That housed so many hopes and fears…

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  • Circle

    “We can’t return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game”-Joni Mitchell   Circle by Carmen H Gray   Equidistant Perfect movement forward Sliding Downward Then Upward Each point containing Its own perfect perspective Of Existence All around us Vectors teaching us A…

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  • Now No More

    “For the sake of some things  That be now no more I will strew rushes on my chamber-floor, I will plant bergamot at my kitchen door.” -from Rosemary, by Edna St. Vincent Millay Now No More by Carmen H Gray Putting things to rest Set aside, motionless Strike a match, be done at last A trinity twined from…

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  • Leaving

    “Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out Like a welcomed season Onto the meadows and shores and hills.” -by Hafiz (from All The Hemispheres) Leaving by Carmen H Gray Heart, absconded Quiet and mutable Life, responded Jagged and beautiful Leaves fall Trees sigh Birds call Winds fly A vessel…

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  • One Hundred Percent

      One Hundred Percent By Carmen H Gray In the backpocket of my mind I keep A list of things To reconsider When the casualties of the outside world Make me bitter Air that is 10 degrees cooler After hundreds of days in the hundreds My own sense of humor Making me laugh in the…

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  • Hidden

    Hidden by Carmen H Gray A reorganization of self Parts decomposed and restructured Labor looking like absolute idleness While in quiet solitude Cells extoling canticles Of radical change  Realizations yet unrealized

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  • Truism

    “It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.”– from The Invitation by Oriah Truism…

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  • Detour

    Detour by Carmen H Gray   If you are open To a diversion A pathway broken Is just a revised version Of getting there After all Water can go anywhere It will fall Each drop Each stop Along the way Creating a new Cutaway A different view From before The beauty of The detour  …

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